thirup pallANdu
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• January 23, 1998
This is a nice pAsuram by periyAzhvAr. The best, i would say, among the 12 verses of thiruppallANdu. We always identify ourselves by saying the SAkhA that we belong to, our gOthram, sUthram... Other than these we have many other ahaN^kAric identifications like the place of birth (Triplicane !), the jAthi... We feel so proud about all these identifications that we forget our eternal relationship with the Lord. We are all His servants at all times. It is this that we should realize and identify ourselves with. Hence all of us belong to the thoNdar kulam (servant clan). Anything else that we claim ourselves to be is paNdai kulam (old/ancient clan). In this birth i am born in a brahmin family, yajur SAkhA, vAthUla gOthram, and in my last birth i could have been something else. So these identifications are just temporary. It is just the identification for the body in this birth. But the eternal identification is being His servant. ******************************Start Quote************************* thoNdak kulaththil uLLeer! vandhu adi thozhudhu aayira naamam solli paNdaik kulaththaith thavirndhu pallaaNdu pallaayiraththaaNdenminE O people! Join our clan of servants, and come Having worshipped His feet and Having said His thousand names [...] *****************************End Quote****************************** I think, AzhvAr is addressing the people and asking them to join his group. He lists the tasks as "Come, Worship His feet, Say His 1000 names" So instead of 'Having worshipped' and 'Having said', it could just be 'come, Worship His feet and say His 1000 names...'. adiyEn
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